Quote from: Anon136 on July 12, 2014, 09:55:51 AM

Can someone explain to me what this comment means.

Quote from: BurtW on July 11, 2014, 05:08:33 PM

Attempted a BTC tag.

You owe me $2 so far Grin

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In information systems, a tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information (such as an Internet bookmark, digital image, or computer file). This kind of metadata helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching. Tags are generally chosen informally and personally by the item's creator or by its viewer, depending on the system.

Basically, BurtW's small amount of BTC will follow the stolen coins through the blockchain. It'll mess up the hackers nice even numbers. If the hacker isn't too bitcoin savvy, he might be worried about what this is. If he wasn't already aware, he is now aware he is being tracked.

When I asked someone to add a tag like this yesterday, I was hoping they would add a blockchain public note to say the coins were stolen, so innocent buyers would be scared off from buying. A payment like this has to be made through the blockchain website to include a public note and the buyer would have to view the coins through the blockchain website to see this, but it could act as a deterrent. It was not essential to add a public note, but it might have been another turn of the screw on a hopefully stressed out hacker Cheesy

At the very least it's causing the hacker additional hassle, which is a bonus

The fact he/she tried to ditch the tag in a address associated with silk road 2 revealed the hacker is bitcoin savvy. Probably reading this thread. Hi hacker! So BurtW's $2 has achieved a few things so far.

P.S. If anybody does want to send a small tip for our hacker with a public note saying these are klee's stolen coins, maybe link to this thread, the stolen funds are now in these three addresses:
https://blockchain.info/address/14DZ3Yjb39sDTMwKd19Ly4PK15BKZfLXWZ
https://blockchain.info/address/16j6RQrJc3cyGEqe6BtApXkoNZ4Yy5z5Wo
https://blockchain.info/address/17eHmNKr6Cb1U4uBhcnfs3iwWKsZGtRLaV